Elastic-tread horseshoe



(No Model.)

W. R. HOWE. ELASTIC TRBAD HOR$ESHOE.

No. 530,528. Patented Dec. 11, 1894.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM R. HOWE,

PATENT. OFFICE.

or DAYTON, OHIO.

ELASTlC-TREAD HORS ESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,528, dated December 11, 18 94. Application filed January 22, 1894. Serial No. 497,686- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. Howe, a citizenof the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery. and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usef ul Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specifica- Ion.

My invention relates to that class of horseshoes in which there is a recess in the under side to receive elastic material to prevent shocks and jars and keep the horse from slipping, and it has for its object the improved construction of such shoes whereby their (1 urability and efficiency are increased.

The novelty of my invention will be hereinafter set forth and specifically. pointed out in the claims. I.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a horse-shoe embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on the dotted line Ia-00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the dotted line y-y of Fig. 1.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts in all the figures.

A is the body of the shoe of the usual or any suitable construction made of iron or any other metal and with a groove a, rectangular in cross section, on its under side extending entirely around it. At the toe, the front wall of the groove is cut away or dispensed with, leaving an opening 1) into\ the groove.

Fitted within the groove so as to fill the same and projecting slightly beyond the metal of the bottom of the shoe is an elastic packing B which may be of soft vulcanized rubber or any other suitable material possessing its characteristics of elasticity and adhesion on wet or slippery surfaces. This packing not only fills the groove but also the opening in the front wall at b and comes flush with the end of the toe. When the packing is of rubber that part of the same at the toeopening is made harder than therest so as to better resist wear.

I prefer to slightly incline or dovetail the rear wall of the groove directly behind the toe opening as shown in Fig. 3, and also the side walls at the toe, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, to aid .in holding the packing in place; and to secure it permanently I provide a Wire 0 which is strung through a perforation in the packing and passes out through perforations in the heel of the shoe. This wire is drawn tight and its ends are bent over or clinched against the heel of the shoe as seen in Fig. 1. In this simple but efficient manner the packing is secured in place, and a shoe thus constructed not only combines the metallic and elastic non-slipping wearing surfaces which Will wear equally and prolong the life of the shoe, but it also provides what has never before been providedin shoes of this character, namely, a hardened elastic-non-slipping toe piece, for, as is well known, horses in lifting their feet always tilt them on the toe to get a purchase in moving forward, and by my construction this too is composed wholly of the hardened elastic non-slipping material.

By inclining or beveling the rear wall of the groove at the toe, as seen in Fig. 3, it willbe observed that the wire 0 in addition to its function of holding all of the elastic packmg in place also exerts a pressure which forces the hardened portion in the toe-opening tight up against the metal of the shoe, a tilting action being given to the rubber owing to the bevel of the wall which makes a tight joint and preventssand or dirt from getting in between the metal and packing at the toe opening.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim-- 1. In a horse-shoe, the combination of the metal body having a continuous groove on its under side with its front wall at the toe cut away and its rear wall at the toe beveled,

an elastic packing fitted or seated in said 7 under side with an opening in its front wall at the toe, and an elastic vulcanized rubber packing fitting and secured in said groove and toe opening, and with that portion in the 10 too opening made harder than the rest, substantially as described.

WILLIAM R. HOWE:

Witnesses:

EDWARD L. ROWE, WEBSTER W. SHUEY. 

